Regional Names & Planes

Cranial

skull

Cervical

neck

Cubital

elbow

Carpal

wrist

Patellar

front of knee

Orbital

eye

Inguinal

groin

Thoracic

chest

Metacarpal

hand or palm

Plantar

sole of foot

Buccal

cheeck

Axillary

armpit

Femoral

thigh

Gluteal

buttock

Tarsal

ankle

Digital or phalangeal

toes or fingers

Planes

imaginary flat surfaces that pass through the body or body part into portions

Frontal (coronal) plane

divides the body or organ into anterior and posterior portions

Transverse (horizontal) plane

divides the body into superior and inferior portions

Oblique plane

passes through a structure or entire body at an angle

Sagittal (midline plane)

divides a structure equally vertically into right or left

Midsagittal plane

only one and divides the body into two equal mirrored halves

Parasagittal plane

infinite amount to the right and left of midsagittal that divide the body into unequal “halves”